Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 342
! In the dim twilight, glimmering pale, They called aloud across the sea, A high, sweet, piercing clarion scream ! The boatmen heard—What can it be?Some mermaid shrieking, or a dream? Again ! The sailors turned the prow, They trimmed the sail, they plied the oar; No second to be wasted now ! Down… … The breakers clasped eachslender waistWith cruel arms that fiercelyclung,And dragged them down withhungry haste,And forth upon the tumult flung Each trembling form. — But theywere castTo their salvation ! Quick as thought,Breathless, from death to life theypassed,By strong, kind hands securely…
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